The concept of ‘World English’

The concept of ‘World English’ and its implication for ELT by Kanavillil Rajagopalan (2004)

New Words
-The cat was poised to jump on the bird.
-Some children undergo a complete transformation when they become teenagers.
-He had long coveted the chance to work with a famous musician.
-The monarchy is seen by many people as an anachronism in the modern world.
-This taste evades explanation.
-Make a note of it lest you might forget (in order not to forget).
-This is a history book sui generis.
-It was an altogether different situation.
-There are phenomena in nature that seem to defy logic.
-It is by no means possible to finish this work today.
-The newspaper has become the official mouthpiece of the opposition party.
-The constitution vests in the Japanese people the right of free speech.
-I would like to convey my gratitude to you on behalf of my family.
-No matter what happens, do not lose hope.

Summary
World English (WE) is a language spoken all over the world and nobody’s mother tongue. In other words, WE has no native speakers. It is estimated that WE speakers are twice as many as English native speakers and the number of WE speakers is growing faster and faster. WE is a completely unique linguistic phenomenon in that more and more people will use WE to communicate with non-English speakers rather than native English speakers. Now we need to cope with a large variety of accents of WE, though English has been studied in order to communicate with English native speakers,. WE is a mishmash of a wide variety of dialects and accents. Therefore, English native speakers will lose the status as EFL professionals because they are no longer model speakers of WE.